St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-17
WISCONSIN LEGIsL AZURE.
continuation of the Star Cha mbel
In4uiry-.Bills Disposed of.

Continue siOn of the Star Chamber
Enquiry--Bills Disposed of.
Special to the Globe.
MADISON, Wis, March 16-The legisla-
tive committee appointed to investigate the
expenditures on Science hall, continued it's
star chamber proceedings all day to-day.
The time was consumed mostly by the teSti.
mony of Prof. Conover. superintendent of
the construction of the building. After
some discussion he was allowed to be repre-
sented by counsel during the proceedings of
the committee. The senate to-day passed
a bill amending the charter of Chippewa
Falls. the principal feature of which is the
anneXing of South Chippewa to the city
proper. There is understood to be a di-
yided feeling among the citizens of Chip
pewa Falls with regard to the bill 1t will
be argued before the assembly committee
on cities Friday by Gov Pound for, and by
Judge Cough against annexation. The
assembly bill was concurred in
amending the charter of the city
of New Richmond. The Joint
committee on fish and game introduced
stringent measure for the protection of fish
in inland waters of the state. 1t prohibits
the catching or selling OF trout for shipment
outside the state, and closely defines the
methods allowed in catching fish, The as
Sembly INDUCED in some discussion over
the bill permitting the Scandinavian Relief
association, of Red Wing, to do business in
this state. Considerable opposition was
brought out. as it did not require the COM
pany to guarantee to the state insurance
commissioner that it will pay losses. 1t
was finally ordered to third reading. The
house diminished the number of measures
before it relating to
PRISON CONTRACT LABOR
by two in indefinitely postponing the bill
prohibiting the leasing of such labor, and
providing for the education of convicts, and
in refusing to concur in the constitutional
amendment relating to the same subject.
Senate bills were concrred in:
Permitting suits to be instituted against
houses of ill-fame on information and belief
simple; providing for the formation by
. twenty live persons of mutual operative as
sociatons, to engage in the manufacture of
products and to transact general business;
authorizing the city OF Chippewa Falls to
issue bonds to the amount Of SIG, 900 for the
purpose of paying its Indebtedness; appro-
priating the sum of $4,000 to be divided
between various charitable and reformatory
institutions of the state for defraying ex-
penses during the next two years; providing
that any millers' and manufacturers COM
pany may, upon accumulating capital of
100000, insure any property from loss by fire
or lightning; making it larceny to unlawfully
take cranberry vines from land of another;
fixing the terms of court in the Fourteenth
circuit. Bills were indefinitely postponed:
Preventing discrimination by telephone COM
panies with lines wholly within the state: en-
abling qualified voters to determine by ballot
whether intoxicating liquors sh oil be sold in
their town or county: providing salary for
justices of the supreme court retiring upon
reaching the age of 20 years.